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zrexas Collectio#WALTER PRESCOTT WEBBMY historical conscience hurts me each time I get thisdepartment together. I do not like to deceive others,especially when I can not also deceive myself. I knowthat I am not the author of many things that appear here, someof them without quotation or credit of any sort. Texas Collectionis built up by accretion. An empty file is set up, and when somemember sends in an inquiry, his letter is answered and then isplaced in the "T.C." file for possible use. If the letter is used,credit is given.The main injustice of which I now complain is done to theyoung men and women who make up the office staff of theAssociation, Miss Llerena Friend, whose primary function is topromote the Handbook, Miss Betty Brooke Eakle, who "puts theJunior Historian to bed," and to both of them, who in Dr.Bailey Carroll's temporary absence, wrestle with the publicationheadaches of the Quarterly. These two are assisted by Miss BethCurtis, Miss Maxine Smith, and Miss Deena Anderson. Thecheerful Dorman Winfrey is the general factotum who doesabout everything any of the others asks him to do, does itcheerfully and well. Most of the material appearing here comesthrough their hands and finds its way to my desk. They ask nocredit and receive none, even though one or more of them maywrite the paragraph I use. I offer some examples below.The drudgery in an editorial office would be intolerable, frommy point of view, if it were not for bits of humor that boil upand break the surface of monotony. All sorts of requests forinformation pour in from all quarters, some reasonable, somenot. One gem has been posted in the office along with what theoffice staff considers an appropriate answer. The request read:Please send me information on the Spanish.Yours truly,John Doe.The answer, which was not mailed, read: